Jesse is the new hire at a consulting company in Boston. She was hired straight out of college, and is unsure of exactly what the environment of the firm is like. She has previous internships under her belt, but being in a full-time salary position just feels different. She uses her breaks to observe group interactions and ask employees about the do's and don'ts of the workplace. She is discovering group norms through:

a. Initial group patterns
b. Explicit behavior or statements
c. A critical event
d. Past group experiences


a. Initial group patterns

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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If a visual is too small for audience members to see during a presentation, then it's recommended to allow them to pass the visual among themselves.

a. true b. false

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